Wildfires of 1979

Washburn Fire

1979WyomingWildfire

The Washburn Fire burned 2,672 acres in Wyoming, in 1979. The record holds its year and its final perimeter, not its dates.

Size
2,672 acres

Map

The final perimeter from the Interagency Fire Perimeter History, 2,672 acres. Middle of the perimeter, 44.831, -110.491.

The record

Area inside the final perimeter
2,672 acres
State
Wyoming
Agency
National Park Service
Unit
WYYNP
Incident type
Wildfire
Unique fire identifier
1979-WYYNP-003602
Note on the perimeter
From WFMI

Other large fires in Wyoming in 19792

FireAcresStartCause
Beaver Hrt Fire7,179
Gallatin Fire4,580

Every fire of 1979 Wyoming fire history

Nearby

Sources

Perimeters from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Interagency Fire Perimeter History, compiled from the Forest Service, BLM, BIA, Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, the Alaska Interagency Fire Center and CAL FIRE. Records before 2014 were joined by this site: a fire report to the burned area its MTBS identifier names, a perimeter to the burned area it lies in when the names or the sizes agree.